
Interstate 64 safety upgrades on Afton Mountain enter final phases
The $4.6 million effort to improve safety and traffic flow on Interstate 64 over Afton Mountain is approaching its final construction and testing phases.

The $4.6 million effort to improve safety and traffic flow on Interstate 64 over Afton Mountain is approaching its final construction and testing phases.

The Virginia Department of Transportation is advising motorists to expect overnight left or right lane closures during the week of July 12-17 on eastbound and westbound Interstate 64 in Augusta County.

The Interstate 64 westbound left lane will be closed at mile marker 110 on Tuesday for emergency shoulder repairs. Between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., traffic will be reduced to one lane at the Mechums River bridge in Albemarle County.

Virginia State Police Trooper P.J.B. Serkes is investigating the two-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 12:39 p.m. Tuesday (June 30) in Albemarle County. The crash occurred on Interstate 64 near the 104 mile marker.

Motorists should be alert for overnight lane closures on westbound Interstate 64 and a traffic-lane shift on Route 285 (Tinkling Spring Road) in the Fishersville area of Augusta County.

Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal crash involving seven vehicles that occurred around 12:13 am Thursday (June 11), Interstate 64 westbound at the 136 mile marker in Louisa County.

At 1:50 p.m. Tuesday (June 2), Virginia State Police Senior Trooper S.A. Simmons responded to a crash that occurred in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 64 near the 90 mile marker in Augusta County.

The Virginia Department of Transportation is scheduled to close part of Interstate 64 in Augusta County on April 6 and 7 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night. The closures are for bridge work between mile markers 89 and 93 in the Fishersville area.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will briefly close westbound Interstate 64 in Rockbridge County on Tuesday, March 24 to make pavement repairs in the area of the Maury River bridges near Lexington.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will briefly close westbound Interstate 64 in Rockbridge County on March 19, 2015 to make pavement repairs in the area of the Maury River bridges near Lexington.
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